They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. But there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Finally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison. The lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. 22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. 'Grisham at his passionate best' - Daily Mail He was framed for murder.
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It is a book no American can afford to miss.Dont miss John Grishams new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon! Impeccably researched, grippingly told, filled with 11th-hour drama, Grisham's first work of nonfiction reads like a page-turning legal thriller. Impeccably researched, grippingly told, filled with eleventh-hour drama, The Innocent Man reads like a page-turning legal thriller. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to deathin a trial littered with lying witnesses and tainted evidence that would shatter a mans already broken life, and let a true killer go free. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Rons home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered.
But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women.
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LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES Both an American tragedy and strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.Entertainment Weekly In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grishams first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence.
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